While inspecting a patient's stool, a nurse notices that the stool has pus in it. The nurse identifies this type of stool as having

Your patient complains of excessive flatus. When reviewing the patient's dietary intake, which food, if eaten regularly, would you identify as possibly responsible?

A male patient has told a nurse that he occasionally fights constipation. Teaching the patient how to prevent constipation and promote normal elimination, the nurse instructs him to

A nurse can expect that which of the following patients are most likely to suffer from fecal incontinence? Select all that apply.

A doctor orders a test to find "hidden blood" from the patient's stool sample. A nurse identifies that this type of test is used to detect the presence of

A patient's admission assessment includes pertinent information about bowel elimination.

Which subjective information collected by the nurse will be documented?

The nurse is caring for an anxious patient who is scheduled for surgery for colostomy placement. While the nurse is talking to the patient, the patient states, "I am so scared." It is a priority for the nurse to focus on addressing the

A nurse educator explains to staff nurses that diarrhea can quickly become lifethreatening in elderly patients because

A patient is having trouble defecating into a bedpan while lying in bed. Which action by the nurse would assist the patient in having a successful bowel movement?

The most formed stool occurs in which portion of the colon?

What foods would increase colostomy odors?